On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 04:12:54PM -0400, Jack wrote > On 2021.09.13 15:59, Walter Dnes wrote: > > I have a notebook that I haven't updated for a while. After emerge > > sync, it said to "emerge -1 portage". Trying to do so got me the > > following as listed in the gzipped attachment. I'd really rather not > > re-install. Is there a way to get out of this? > > From my very elementary and simplistic look at the log, have you been > messing at all with python version related settings? (python_target > related flags)
No. The notebook hasn't been updated for a few months. > It looks like the new portage needs the new version of some python > packages, but the older version of some of those packages is still > required by yet other packages. > Until/unless someone can suggest a more comprehensive approach (which > may be likely,) I would try upgrading those pythong packages included > in your upgrad - one at a time, trying to figure out which other > packages you need to upgrade first. That's what I'm doing right now, one piece at a time. -- Walter Dnes <[email protected]> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

